Stargazing Southern hemisphere flickering orange/green star

[BilbobagginsINSPACE]

Hey, I was in my backyard and I noticed a star that was flickering orange, green and white, at about 30 degrees above the horizon, at 8:27 AEST in the afternoon on 20/11. Is it a star or a satellite, and more specifically, which one?

 

[SF cookie]

What is your nearest city? Also, which direction was it approximately.

 

[berkeman]

I noticed a star that was flickering orange, green and white, at about 30 degrees above the horizon,

Could it have been red, green and white? Those are the typical colors of aircraft lights. How long did you watch it? Did it move at all during the time you were watching? How clear was the air between you and this object (much pollution?)? Can you estimate how far away it was?

https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/53fe52386bb3f76b2e26a74b-480-348.jpg

 

[jedishrfu]

There are astronomy apps for smartphones that can give you a clue.

I often use Distant Suns to find what I'm looking at:

https://distantsuns.com/zwpproduct/distant-suns-3-universal/

However, there are others to map the ISS or planets or Messier objects but Distant Suns covers these.

https://www.space.com/40998-personal-astronomer-smartphone-mobile-apps.html

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/752-best-space-watching-apps.html#s16

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/stargazing-apps/

 

[jedishrfu]

As an aside, here's an interesting recap of the Distant Suns program and how its one programmer has been maintaining it all these many years:

https://distantsuns.com/distant-suns-for-ios10-years/